Eritrea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Eritrea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ERI
NOC	Eritrean National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	11 (8 men and 3 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Biniam Girmay & Christina Rach
Flag bearer (closing)	Samson Amare & Dolshi Tesfu
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Ethiopia (1956–1992)

Eritrea competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	2	8
Cycling	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	8	3	11

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Eritrean track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^[1]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aron Kifle	Men's 5000 m	14:16.77	17	Did not advance
Dawit Seare		13:52.53	7 Q	13:31.50	19
Merhawi Mebrahtu	Men's 10,000 m	—		27:24.25	15
Samsom Amare	Men's marathon	—		2:08:56 SB	10
Berhane Tesfay				2:18:50	64
Henok Tesfay				2:14:31	54
Rahel Daniel	Women's 10,000 m	—		DNF
Dolshi Tesfu	Women's marathon	—		2:36:30 SB	58

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Eritrea entered one rider to compete in the men's road race through the UCI Nation Ranking. ^{[2] [3]}

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Biniam Girmay [4]	Men's road race	6:26.57	49
	Men's time trial	40:20.65	29

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Eritrea sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aaron Owusu	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.25	51	Did not advance
Christina Rach	Women's 50 m freestyle	27.20	41	Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

References

1. "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
2. "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
3. "ROAD - QUALIFYING PLACES AS OF 15.11.2023 - MEN" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
4. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/biniam-girmay_1548538